Testing confirms that meat from poultry fed rations supplemented with pet food scraps containing melamine and related compounds is safe for human consumption. Testing of meat from poultry exposed to the feed in question confirms that melamine does not accumulate in birds and is eliminated by the body quickly. Department of Agriculture will allow approximately 80,000 birds held on farms in Indiana to be released and approved for processing. The testing also reinforces the conclusions of a...

Though not yet commercially available, this would force farmers to purchase new seeds every year, ensuring greater sales for seed companies. Current and Breaking News for Professionals, Consumers and Media. Called terminator technology, the USDA and biotech companies like Monsanto (which now owns Delta & Pine) claim that it is not about profits but instead about preventing the escape of genetically modified plants into the wild, which could impact local plant diversity. Such is the natural...

USDA research shows that only 12 percent of low-income households who spend at the Thrifty Food Plan level get their recommended dietary allowances for 11 key nutrients. She said she d be packing her lunch and is still researching the details of the challenge like is it OK to drink the free coffee at her office at the University of Oklahoma? I m a coffee addict, do I have to count that? I m getting real anxious about that, Rosenthal said. We wouldn t ask anybody to live on a food stamp...

By Kim Souza The Morning News It's been a quarter century since the Brucellosis controversy hit the nation's cattle industry and today history is repeating itself with the National Animal Identification System or NAIS being imposed by the federal government. By Kim Souza The Morning News It's been a quarter century since the Brucellosis controversy hit the nation's cattle industry and today history is repeating itself with the National Animal Identification System or NAIS being imposed by...

cash grain diminished during the past week, leaving elevators, terminals, ports and warehouses surveyed by USDA filled to just 38% of capacity, down 1 percentage point from the previous poll. The tightening in pipeline supplies of corn had an immediate impact on cash basis premiums, which strengthened by an average of 2 cents a bushel across the entire U. Stockpiles held steady for barley - and actually expanded by 1% for wheat, as the nation's annual winter wheat harvest got underway -...